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    Default Tahoe and Carson Pass area lakes

    I decided to take a ride up the hill to check out the ice-out conditions on some of the lakes and catch a few fish. Adding a tiger trout to my list was one of the objectives. Red Lake is nearly open with a little slush near the dam, Caples is only about 5% open water. Silver Lake is completely ice free. The fish gods were cooperative despite the high winds.


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    Thanks for the report and great pictures! Good you made it out there and got into some fine fish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodman View Post
    I decided to take a ride up the hill to check out the ice-out conditions on some of the lakes and catch a few fish. Adding a tiger trout to my list was one of the objectives. Red Lake is nearly open with a little slush near the dam, Caples is only about 5% open water. Silver Lake is completely ice free. The fish gods were cooperative despite the high winds.
    Aaaahhhh.................................a man after my own heart !!!!!

    I'm going to either seek out some of those tigers....... or see if I can go Red fishing !!!!

    Tuesday or Wednesday is my day to play.

    Very timely post Woodman !!!!!!

    I appreciate the intel !!!!!

    Bye the bye.................were you fishing from shore where you caught those tigers ???
    Kind of looks like it.


    Bob

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    I thought tigers didn't live in CA?

    NK

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    Quote Originally Posted by Natekursow View Post
    I thought tigers didn't live in CA?

    NK
    I didn't see anywhere that Woodman claimed he caught them in California.


    Bob
    Last edited by BS; 05-03-2021 at 11:42 AM.

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    I've only caught tigers in Nevada just over the border.
    So long and thanks for all the fish!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott V View Post
    I've only caught tigers in Nevada just over the border.
    Same for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Natekursow View Post
    I thought tigers didn't live in CA?

    NK
    Nate, I'm with you. There are Lions and Tigers and Bears in Cali. The word I heard was that tigers were dumped into Lake Amador. I don't know, yes, no ?

    My concerns are protecting our pure strains of trout.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zepher View Post
    Nate, I'm with you. There are Lions and Tigers and Bears in Cali. The word I heard was that tigers were dumped into Lake Amador. I don't know, yes, no ?

    My concerns are protecting our pure strains of trout.
    From what I've read.....................and I could be wrong....................

    Tiger trout are sterile and can't reproduce in the wild.

    If that's true, then no worries about "protecting our pure strains of trout".


    Bob

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    Quote Originally Posted by BS View Post
    From what I've read.....................and I could be wrong....................

    Tiger trout are sterile and can't reproduce in the wild.

    If that's true, then no worries about "protecting our pure strains of trout".
    That is my understanding as well. Tigers are a cross between a brown trout and a brook trout and since that doesn't happen naturally, they are indeed sterile. They exist because of "fish hatchery magic." I've heard them called "Frankenfish" before. I've caught a few in Nevada, but none in CA so I was surprised when I first read this post.
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